By depriving him, for approximately 45 hours, of his liberty and sense of sight, by tightly blindfolding his eyes and tying his hands, to force him to admit membership of the group called `Ejército Revolucionario Popular Insurgente', they were responsible for an injury to his nose area and swelling of his right wrist.” In its recommendation 20/2000, the National Commission considered the Army to have infringed article 16 of the Constitution in conducting a raid in the Mixteca indigenous community of El Charco, municipality of Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero on 7 June 1998, because it did not immediately bring the detainees caught in flagrante delicto before the competent authority who, furthermore, was at the scene.
También en su recomendación 20/2000 la Comisión Nacional consideró contraria al artículo 16 de la Constitución la actuación del ejército en el operativo realizado en la comunidad mixteca El Charco, municipio de Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero, el 7 de junio de 1998, al no haber puesto de inmediato a disposición de la autoridad competente, que además se encontraba presente en el lugar de los hechos, a los detenidos en flagrancia.